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Inspectors follow uniform post-mortem procedures 

 when examining carcasses of tuberculous reactors. 



Tuberculosis forecasts 



Progress has been made. But much remains 

 to be done. 



The increasing interest and support being 

 given by the cooperating States is encouraging. 

 Division activities in epidemiological studies, 

 laboratory work, and case-finding techniques 

 will be continued. 



Close cooperation with research workers in 

 both animal and human medicine will hasten 

 the development and use of new and improved 

 diagnostic tools. 



The support and cooperation of State and 

 Federal officials, the veterinary profession, 

 public health agencies, research workers, live- 

 stock producers, and consumers will enable con- 

 tinued improvement to be made. 



The goal is: Eradication of bovine tubercu- 

 losis from the United States. 



EMERGENCY DISEASE ACTIVITIES 



The former Bureau of Animal Industry was 

 organized in the U.S. Department of Agricul- 



ture to deal with an animal disease emergency, 

 contagious bovine pleuropneumonia. The Bu- 

 reau became world famous for the tenacious 

 application of slaughter and quarantine pro- 

 cedures that resulted in the eradication of con- 

 tagious pleuropneumonia and several out- 

 breaks of foot-and-mouth disease. These same 

 principals were used more recently by the Ani- 

 mal Disease Eradication Division in eradicat- 

 ing vesicular exanthema. 



Planning for emergencies 



The Division is now responsible for continu- 

 ing the development of plans for stamping out 

 any foreign animal disease that may gain en- 

 trance into this country. Such plans must be 

 workable, realistic, and documented for ready 

 use. The planning process is a continuing one. 



A manual, "Emergency Animal Disease 

 Eradication Guide," wa^^ completed anl dis- 

 tributed to each State in March 1960. It covers 

 both technical and administrative aspects of 

 an emergency disease eradication operation. 

 Through continual revision of this loose-lsaf 

 manual, a practical, up-to-date guide for emer- 

 gency disease operations will always be avail- 

 able. 



The United States is fortunate in being free 

 of several livestock diseases that are enzootic 

 in other parts of the world, such as foot-and- 

 mouth disease, rinderpest, African swine fever, 

 and Rift Valley fever. These diseases are very 

 destructive and result in great lo.sses in coun- 

 tries where they exist. Freedom from such 

 diseases makes possible more economic produc- 

 tion ; and economic production makes for 

 greater availability of meat for consumption. 

 Maintenance of freedom from disease lies in 

 planning and preparation for animal disease 

 emergencies. 



Diagnostic personnel and facilities 



Since 1950, 50 Division veterinarians have 

 received special training in the diagnosis of 

 foreign animal diseases, particularly the vesic- 

 ular diseases. The. veterinarians are available 

 for consultation in any part of the country. 



The Division maintains a diagnostic labora- 

 tory at Beltsville, Md. This facility will be 

 transferred to the National Animal Disease 

 Laboratory, at Ames, Iowa, when it is com- 



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